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Magical-religious, social or psychiatric zombie: Interdisciplinary analysis of new recent cases of « zombies » in Haiti
Background
Haitian zombies are an anthropological entity corresponding to four legal, administrative, and pathological states: ritual poisoning with social death, criminal poisoning, psychiatric disorders, and identity theft.
Methodology
In this article, we review the latest data from the anthropological, legal, and medical literature on this uniquely Haitian phenomenon. We also discuss new, unpublished cases recently examined in Haitian courts, with clear implications for public health and law.
Results
These new cases question the status of the human person, the identification, and the care of individuals desocialized and deliberately placed in a state of social death.
Conclusion
An interdisciplinary approach is absolutely necessary, with collaboration between the humanities and fundamental sciences, around this complex phenomenon of zombies in Haiti. Their frequency (around 50,000, for a total population of around 11 million inhabitants) is certainly marginal, but significant, and constitutes a real public health problem, as well as a relevant concept in medical anthropology and health law.
期刊介绍:
This review aims to compare approaches to medical ethics and bioethics in two forms, Anglo-Saxon (Ethics, Medicine and Public Health) and French (Ethique, Médecine et Politiques Publiques). Thus, in their native languages, the authors will present research on the legitimacy of the practice and appreciation of the consequences of acts towards patients as compared to the limits acceptable by the community, as illustrated by the democratic debate.